From Lance Armstrong’s Tour de France jerseys to Martin Scorsese’s vintage movie posters, we take a look at the prized possessions of world-famous figures

“When he starts to collect, he collects,” designer Monique Gibson says of Elton John. Left: At his English estate in Old Windsor, shelves in the attic eaves hold sunglasses John has amassed since the mid-1970s. (May 2000)